GMO ingredients being served at almost all restaurants: Vegetable Oil, Canola Oil, Cooking Spray, Corn, All Soy Products, Sugar, Honey, Papaya, Zucchini and Crookneck Squash, "All Natural / Antibiotic Free/ Free Range Cheese, Meat and Eggs" (Almost all fed 100% GMO grains), Farm Raised Fish (fed GMOs) coming soon to a restaurant near you, GMO Salmon! Your guide to finding Non GMO organic restaurants. Unfortunately, almost all restaurants are serving them, but luckily there are a few that are not. We focus only on "natural / organic/ local/ sustainable" restaurants because these are the least likely to have them, but sorry to say even most of them serve some GMOs. All commercial restaurants are using GMOs, so we try to find the organic ones who are serving the least amount of them. We also reveal who is claiming to be organic / sustainable but who are really using GMOs. This site is designed to educate you on how to avoid GMOs while eating out as well as to celebrate the wonderful organic restaurants who are committed to serving clean, healthy, non genetically modified real food. We have vegan, vegetarian, gluten free and grass fed meat restaurants on our list. Please let us know if you have any restaurants that are serving mostly real food and should be on our site. Please note that this list is not regularly updated, so this is a general guideline, please ask specific questions when you go to any of these restaurants and please notify us if you get information that is different than what appears on this site.

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Chipotle Goes Non GMO!

Chipotle Goes Non GMO The first fast food chain to remove GMOs from their main ingredients. This was a bold and I am sure costly decision to make, our hats off to Chipotle for taking this big step. The meat and dairy is still fed GMOs though, so be mindful of this. If you want to avoid GMOs completely at Chipotle, avoid the dairy and meat.

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This is a beautifully designed restaurant you should check out in the south bay of San Francisco. The owners are VERY committed to organic and non GMO food. See below for more specifics on what they use. The space is designed in an eco friendly way as well. Please support this restaurant, they are going the extra mile on everything to make sure they use the cleanest and healthiest ingredients.

We are so excited to have recently discoverd Mindful Meats, a local bay area company committed to certified organic, non GMO verified, Pastured raised local beef. It doesn't get any better than this. I don't know of any other beef company that has both organic and non gmo certification. Please support this amazing company!

Here is a list of local bay area grocery stores and restaurants that are carrying Mindful Meats products.

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After many years of searching, I finally found an amazing Non GMO Gluten Free bread that I love. Happy Campers Gluten Free bread is 100% Non GMO and mostly organic. They sell to restaurants, and they carry a variety of flavors and even buns. The buns are great options for those great grass fed burger places, or for a veggie burger. So few restaurants are carrying gluten free breads and buns, I would like to see more restaurants add this to their menu. The restaurants where I have seen gluten free bread almost always carry Udi's which is not Non GMO and is not organic. You can also order and have it delivered to your house too, it makes the best toast ever.

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Super Duper Burger is using GMO fed meat provided by Niman Ranch. So many people believe that Niman Ranch is 100% natural and grass fed and even organic, not TRUE! Niman Ranch uses GMO feed to feed their cows and they do not disclose it on their website. You can see the facebook post below where they openly admit to this. I also have a couple of emails from Niman Ranch directly admitting that they are totally fine with their farmers using GMO feed, which totally contradicts what they have on their website and seems very dishonest to me. I have a post about Niman Ranch using GMOs here and the info on their website. I went to Super Duper in the city and was told by the manager that their burgers are 100% grass fed, this is NOT TRUE, and I find this kind of misinformation and greenwashing really frustrating. If you want to use regular "all natural" beef which is another way of saying GMO fed meat, then by all means do it, but you should not be saying your meat is grass fed in your advertising and your employees should understand the difference between grass fed, and just regular "all natural" meat, which again is not really "all natural" because the animals are eating GMOs, and GMOs are anything but natural. If you want to learn more about the "all natural" scam, you can read more about it in this article. Please Email Super Duper Burger and let them know you don't want to eat GMO fed meat. There are plenty of other meat producers that really are grass fed or organic and are not using GMO feed. Super Duper Burger is using Strauss Organic ice cream for their shakes which I think is one of the best dairy companies out there, Strauss is Organic and Non GMO verified. The chicken on the Super Duper Burger menu I assume is GMO fed because every chicken producer that is not organic is now using GMO feed. I think they also fry the french fries in rice bran oil, not GMO canola oil, at least when I asked that is what I was told. I am not sure about the rest of the condiments and sauces and the GMO status of those, but I will email the company to find out and post results here. Update two months later: Never heard back from the company on my questions.

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Chipotle has taken a bold stand againist factory farming, it's the only fast food chain that I know of that has done this. Even though it is still very difficult to get a non gmo meal there, they are at least revealing which food ingredients have GMOs in them, and they are striving to eventually reduce or eliminate GMOs in their menu, but it will take some time. I have a lot of appreciation and respect for a company that is willing to be honest and up front about their ingredients with full disclosure. Not many companies are willing to do this. For now you can look at their menu ingredients to see what is GMO. Be sure to read their comments under GMOs on the right hand side on the bottom. I love this company and the honesty they have demonstrated by giving full disclosure to their customers. I heard recently that they are in the process of switching out their soybean oil for their fryer and cooking oils, but only some locations have implemented this. Also, keep in mind, the meat is currently fed GMOs, but is not factory farmed. They recently released a statement acknowledging this and that they are looking into the issue of trying to get more Non GMO ingredients including the meat. But I imagine this will take quite awhile given that there is hardly any animal feed that is not GMO anymore, unless it is certified organic.

I am very moved by their videos they have done to shed light on the horrors of factory farming. Check out the Chipotle scarecrow video above and back to the start video. If you are going to eat fast food this is the place to do it, even though they are not Non GMO YET, they at least care about animal welfare and their ingredients and do NOT support facotry farming, and they are working on going Non GMO. What other fast food chains can say that? Email Chipotle and tell them you want Non GMO food and meat and that you care about these issues and are willing to pay a litlte more in prices to not eat GMOs. I still won't eat at Chipotle right now because of all the GMOs, but I will become one of their most loyal customers once they have some Non GMO meal options on their menu.

I recently found this great article which was just released in October 2013 with more current information on Chipotle and GMOs. Love what Chipotle is doing, they are setting such a great example of integrity in fast food!

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Amazing Organic Restaurant in San Diego - Haggo's Organic Taco

We are so excited to have found another organic and 100% GMO free restaurant in San Diego. Hagoo's Organic Taco in Encinitas. This is our new favorite place to eat in San Diego. Adorable little quirky place on the coast, the food is absolutley delicious! 95% to 98% certified organic and 100% Non GMO. The owner is super knowledgable about food and his sources and he investigates them thoroughly to avoid all GMOs. It is so inspiring to meet someone who is so passionate and cares so much about food and what he serves his customers. Meeting Haggo made our trip and gave us hope that some people really do care about the food they serve. Thank you for inspiring us Haggo, you have serious food integrity and we really appreciate it! They use certified organic Mary's Chicken, and 100% grass fed beef from Grateful Harvest. They have options for both vegetarians and meat eaters. Almost all produce is certifeid organic except for limes. Uses organic saflower oil for cooking. Buys produce from Alberts Organics and Coral Tree Organic Farm, also has a small organic garden on property. All plates and forks are made with plant based non GMO materials. This place is the real deal! They are only open for lunch right now 11 to 3, closed Mondays.